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Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System

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Definition: Degenerative or inflammatory conditions affecting the central or peripheral nervous system that develop in association with a systemic neoplasm without direct invasion by tumor. They may be associated with circulating antibodies that react with the affected neural tissue. (Intern Med 1996 Dec;35(12):925-9)  DF: PARANEOPL ENCEPH   
Examples Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis; Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome; Limbic Encephalitis; Myelitis, Transverse; Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome; Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration; Paraneoplastic Polyneuropathy 		Other names Syndromes, Paraneoplastic Neurologic; Syndrome, Paraneoplastic Neurologic; Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndrome; Paraneoplastic Encephalomyelitides; Paraneoplastic Autonomic Dysfunctions; Neurologic Syndromes, Paraneoplastic; Neurologic Syndrome, Paraneoplastic; Encephalomyelitis, Paraneoplastic; Autonomic Dysfunctions, Paraneoplastic; Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes; Nervous System Paraneoplastic Syndromes; Autonomic Dysfunction, Paraneoplastic; Paraneoplastic Encephalomyelitis; Paraneoplastic Autonomic Dysfunction

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